Shade-hanger.



A. H. SAMMONS & D. T. PETERS.

' SHADE HANGER. APPLIGATION FILED N012, 190a.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910,

MSW/1101a; andflZPeTam UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED H. SAMMONS AND DAVID T. PETERS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHADE-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED H. SAM- MONS and DAVID T. Pn'rnns, citizensof the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shade-I-Iangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade roller hangers and has for its object toproduce a cheap and efficient hanger for shade rollers and which can beeasily and quickly secured to a window casing Without the use of nails,screws or other accessories.

WVith this object in view the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar fea tures of construction and organization as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1, is a view showing a part of the window casing in section, ashade hanger in elevation, and a shade roller in the background with thefiattened end of its spindle engaging the hanger. Fig. 2, is a similarview showing the other hanger and end of the roller. Fig. 3, is asection of the casing on the dotted line III-III of Fig. 2; the pollerand one bracket appearing in full mes. 1

In the said drawing, 1 is a window casing and adapted to be secured tothe inner sides of the jambs thereof, is a pair of hangers, eachconsisting of a rod bent to U-form at 2, with the rear arm 3 of the Uprojecting to a considerably higher plane than the front arm. From theupper end of the said rear arm 3, an arm 4: depends to a pointpreferably below the U-portion 2 and terminates opposite the lower endof an arm 5 depending from the front arm of the U-portion. Said arms 4and 5 are bent to form step-shaped portions 6 and 7 respectively, andthe extremities of said stepsha ed portions form outwardly-projectingnai s 8 and 9 for embedment in the jambs, it being also noticed that thearm 4 is preferably bowed rearwardly at 10. The connected upper arms 3and 4 are adapted to be placed against the top bar of the casing andthus insure the disposition of the shade roller in a horizontalposition, and said arms '3 and 4 are braced against lateral. movement inone direction by forming in tegral with their upper ends, an outwardly-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 2, 1908.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910. Serial No. 460,733.

projecting arm 11 which is adapted to bear against the adjacent face ofthe window caslng. It also bears agamst the top of the casing and thusacts to brace arms 3 and 4 against movement laterally in both directions and especially against movement toward the j amb in which thenails 8 and 9 are embedded. The space between the upper end of the arm 5and the top bar of the casing provides ample room to permit the rollerto be placed in or removed from position easily and conveniently.

The bowed portions 10 project rearwardly beyond the rear side of theshade when fully rolled up and form a gage whereby the hangers aresecured directly opposite each other before they are driven home intothe casing. The operator by noting that the bowed portions do notproject into the path of the upper rail of the lower sash 12 will seethat it is impossible for said sash when fully raised to strike andinjure the shade because said bowed portions project rearwardly of thelatter.

The hangers will be made rights and lofts, to accommodate them todifferent sides of the window casing, one to receive the flattened endand the other the rounded end of the spindle.

From the above description it will be apparent that a shade rollerhanger is produced which is of simple, strong, durable and cheapconstruction and which can be easily and quickly secured in position byan unskilled person, and which furthermore may be modified as regardsits form, pro portion, detail construction. and arrangement of the partswithout departing from the principle of construction involved.

Having thus described the invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is;

1. A shade hanger, comprising an upwardly-opening U-portion of which therear arm is the longer, an arm depending from the front portion of theU, and an arm depending from the rear arm of the U, and step shapedportions projecting outwardly from the lower ends of said dependingarms; the arm depending from the longarm of the U'portion being bowed ata suitable point to provide a rearwardly-projecting portion.

2. A shade hanger, comprising an upwardly-opening U-portion of which therear arm is the longer, an arm depending from the front portion of theU, an arm depending from the rear portion of the U, step-shaped portionsprojecting outwardly from the lower ends of said depending arms, and apart projecting outwardly from the upper ends of the long arm of theU-portion and the arm depending therefrom in the same direction as thestep-shaped portions.

3. A shade hanger, comprising an upwardly-opening U-portion of which therear arm is the longer, an arm depending from the front portion of theU, an arm depending from the rear portion of the U, stepshaped portionsprojecting outwardly from the lower ends of said depending arms, the

arm depending from the long arm of the U-portion being bowed at asuitable point to provide a rearwardly projecting portion, and a partprojecting outwardly from the upper ends of the long arm of theU-portion and the arm depending therefrom in the same direction as thestep-shaped portions.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED H. SAMMONS. DAVID T. PETERS. \Vitnesses H. C. RODGERS, G. Y.TIIORPE.

